Towards the expiration of the procedure for preventing family reunification tomorrow, and following Bedouin riots in the Negev, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar warns of the security and national risk posed by a situation in which Arab residents from Judea, Samaria and Gaza will be allowed to reunite with their relatives within the Green Line and receive Israeli citizenship.
Israel Today has learned that the GSS chief has in recent days forwarded an unusual appeal to Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, which raises the urgency of enacting the Family Reunification Law. In the territories - in the riots in the Negev two weeks ago.
According to the data, about 40% of those who were involved in the violent actions, such as throwing in the IDF, throwing stones and blocking axes, are descendants of "united families." Because members of united families are more violently involved than the general population in the diaspora.
Bar, Photo: Mark Israel Salem
According to Bar-Shaked's analysis, children and grandchildren of "united families" are less connected to the Israeli experience, and on the other hand more connected to the Palestinian narrative.
This background, combined with difficult socio-economic conditions, leads this population to over-involvement in riots.
The GSS is convinced of the security necessity of the Family Reunification Law, but the coalition parties Meretz and Ra'am refuse to support it.
As will be recalled, the non-passage of the Citizenship Law was one of the first failures of the coalition, shortly after its formation.
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, for whom the area is responsible, has pledged to pass the law again.
At the same time, the High Court ruled that on February 1, the procedure it has operated since Shaked will expire, according to which it refuses to approve family reunification on the basis of the previous law that expired.
To stop the phenomenon of family reunification, in which tens of thousands of Arabs from Judea and Samaria will become Israelis every year, Shaked promoted a new law, which was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. At the same time, the Ministerial Committee approved a similar law initiated by MK Simcha Rotman of the opposition.
Unusually, his law was supported by right-wing ministers, New Hope and Yisrael Beiteinu.
Ayelet Shaked, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
After the government loss a week and a half ago in the Knesset in passing the draft law, Shaked said in closed talks that the game was over, and that she was determined to pass the citizenship law.
Shaked threatened that if Ram and Meretz torpedoed government law again, it would cause the coalition to support Rothman's law.
However, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid appealed the decision of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation to support Rothman's law.
To overcome the appeal the government needs to discuss the law and approve it.
Lapid controls the government's agenda, and he does not intend to bring up Rothman's law for discussion.
At the same time, Minister Tamar Zandberg filed an appeal against Shaked's law.
This means that it is the government that must ratify the law before it is passed to the Knesset.
It should be noted that Lapid and Bennett did not put the discussion of citizenship laws on the government's agenda this week.
This means that the laws will not be brought to the Knesset in the coming week, so at the moment Shaked's law is also stuck.
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